The All Progressives
Congress (APC) says a majority of Nigerians want a working president but that
only a few want one who talks.
President Muhammadu
Buhari has been criticised for not addressing citizens since the coronavirus
outbreak in the country.
In a statement on
Saturday, Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC spokesman, said the “grand efforts” by Buhari
in tackling the virus could be seen by Nigerians.
Issa-Onilu said
under the supervision of Buhari there is a “proactive network of national
response structures working in tandem with all states”.
“A few Nigerians
want a President whose preoccupation is talking, while the majority voted for a
President who is deploying his energy to working. We all can see the effect of
the grand efforts being led by President Muhammadu Buhari to contain the
coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic in Nigeria,” he said.
“The efficiency of
the field workers and other state actors has ensured we are able to minimize
the spread so far with many states taking proactive steps to forestall wide
spread of the very infectious virus.
“We are glad to see
many Nigerians rallying behind the President with their own contributions.
Notably, the news of the ministers’ voluntary donation of 50 percent of their
March salary is unprecedented. We commend the foresight of the Minister of
State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki in coordinating this patriotic
action.
“Beyond the monetary
donation, the gesture by the ministers would bolster confidence of ordinary
Nigerians to call up the resilience for which we are known for. It would also
encourage many more organisations and other well-to-do Nigerians to lend
support to the presidential committee.”
Issa-Onilu said
those “wailers” who have been wishing death on the president since 2015 have
again found their voices amid the coronavirus outbreak.
“From conjuring and
spreading fake news on the president’s coronavirus test result, to spurious
allegations of hijacking of a teaching hospital ventilator to the villa and to
the purported smuggling of the President to the United Kingdom, they are up to
their ignominious pastime and tired antics,” he said.
“We will not be
distracted or deterred because their unpatriotic actions serve as a reminder to
the failed and rejected past. Right now, the task before us is for all
Nigerians to focus and collectively beat the coronavirus.”
Nigeria has so far
recorded 81 cases of the disease and one death.
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